1808 – Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer (“Voyage d’un Harpiste en Orient”), born in Teignmouth, England (d. 1849)
1820 – John Tenniel, English cartoonist and illustrator (Punch, Alice in Wonderland), born in London, England (d. 1914)
1824 – Charles Blondin, French acrobat and tight rope walker, born in St. Omer (d. 1897)
1858 – Jacob P. Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) (d. 1924)
1934 – Willie Bobo [Correa], American jazz percussionist (Evil Ways), born in New York City (d. 1983)
1946 – Robin Cook, British politician (Labour Party MP, 1983-2005, born in Bellshill, Scotland (d. 2005)
1952 – Eddie Manion, American touring and session rock saxophonist (Asbury Jukes; Disciples of Soul; Bruce Springsteen; Robert Cray), born in Lakehurst, New Jersey
1976 – Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor
1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel, born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
1989 – Angela Baby, Chinese actress, born in Shanghai, China
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Famous Birthdays for 27th February 2024
1649 – Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque organist and composer, baptized in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1725)
1691 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (Gentlemen’s Magazine, coined term “magazine”), born in Newton, England (d. 1754)
1891 – Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L’Arche), born in Paris (d. 1976)
1934 – Ralph Nader, American consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed), born in Winsted, Connecticut
1947 – Ashley Woodcock, Australian cricketer (one Test Aust v NZ 1974, only knock 27), born in Adelaide, Australia
1958 – Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer, born in Mpumalanga, South Africa
1961 – James Worthy, American NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
1966 – Chris Howard, American baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Kenner, Louisiana
1971 – Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist, born in Purley, London
1975 – Duce Staley, American football running back (Super Bowl 2005, Pittsburgh Steelers) and coach (Detroit Lions ass HC Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions), born in West Columbia, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 26th February 2024
1770 – Antoine Reicha, Czech born French composer and teacher, friend of Beethoven, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1836)
1899 – Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
1905 – William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)
1906 – Madeleine Carroll, British actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England (d. 1987)
1927 – Tom Kennedy, American quiz host (You Don’t Say, Name That Tune), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1933 – George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter The Dreams; The Red Caps), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1933 – Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), born in New York City (d. 1976)
1945 – Mitch Ryder, American rocker (Detroit Wheels – “Devil With the Blue Dress”), born in Hamtramck, Michigan
1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1979 – Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer, born in Guimarães, Portugal
Famous Birthdays for 25th February 2024
1707 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist (Belisario, Servant of Two Masters), born in Venice (d. 1793)
1732 – Robert Hudson, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1815)
1877 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1935)
1881 – William Z. Foster, American labor organizer and Communist Presidential candidate (1924, 1928 and 1932), born in Taunton, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
1928 – Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman (4 Olympic gold, Finn class 1948, 52, 56, 60), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 2016)
1943 – George Harrison, British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and sitar player (Beatles – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”; “Here Comes The Sun”; solo – “If Not For You”; Traveling Wilburys – “Handle With Care”), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2001)
1953 – Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
1960 – Glen Bishop, cricketer (S Aussie batsman, 2 ODI’s for Australia 1987)
1962 – Foster Sylvers, American singer (Sylvers), born in Pasadena, California
1979 – Jennifer Ferrin, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 24th February 2024
1909 – Riccardo Freda, Italian film director and screenwriter (Theodora, Slave Empress), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1999)
1922 – Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), born in Darkati, India (d. 1993)
1932 – Everard Goodman, English real estate developer (TOPS Estates)
1934 – Bingu wa Mutharika, Thyolo, Nyasaland (Malawi), Malawi President (2004-2012), (d. 2012)
1938 – Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer (Nike), born in Portland, Oregon
1942 – Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut)
1942 – Stuart Henry, British disc jockey
1959 – Beth Broderick, Falmouth KY, actress (Aunt Zelda-Sabrina)
1964 – Todd Field, American actor and film director (Tár), born in Pomona, California
1968 – John Velddman, soccer player (Sparta)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd February 2024
1648 – Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
1787 – Emma Willard, American women’s rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women’s higher education in the US, born in Berlin, Connecticut (d. 1870)
1869 – Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Central Committee member, Soviet Minister for Education, wife of Vladimir Lenin), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1939)
1889 – Victor Fleming, American film director (The Wizard of Oz; Gone With The Wind), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1949)
1891 – Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
1914 – Mike Tresh, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1945; Chicago White Sox), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
1922 – Bill Chappell Jr., American politician (Rep-D-FL, 1969-89), born in Kendrick, Florida (d. 1989)
1928 – David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer
1941 – Ron Hunt, baseball player
1951 – Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter and arranger of Jewish religious music (“Mi Shebeirach”), born in Utica, New York (d. 2011)
Famous Birthdays for 22nd February 2024
1852 – Pieter Klazes Pel, Dutch physician (Pel-Ebstein fever), born in Smallingerland, Netherlands (d. 1919)
1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, British officer and founder of the modern scouting movement, born in Paddington, London (d. 1941)
1879 – Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), born in Creswick Victoria (d. 1969)
1896 – Paul Van Ostaijen, Belgian-Dutch poet, writer and critic (Occupied City), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1928)
1917 – Jane Bowles, American writer, born in New York City (d. 1973)
1925 – Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect (d. 1995)
1929 – Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg], American actress (Wings, United 93), born in New York City
1933 – Louise Lopez, American disco singer (Odyssey -“Native New Yorker”; “Use It Up And Wear It Out”), born in Connecticut (d. 2015)
1935 – Ineke Haas-Berger, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Abcoude-Baambrugge, Netherlands
1966 – Suave [Waymond Anderso], American RandB singer (covered The Temptations’ “My Girl”), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 21st February 2024
1730 – Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer and painter (d. 1803)
1779 – Friedrich Carl von Savigny, German jurist and legal scholar (historical school of jurisprudence), born in Frankfurt (d. 1861)
1909 – George van Renesse, Dutch pianist and music director, born in Zaamslag, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1910 – Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
1928 – Philip von Schantz, Swedish painter, born in Norrköping, Sweden (d. 1998)
1946 – Anthony Daniels, British actor and mime artist (Star Wars – “C-3PO”), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1969 – Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold 1992), born in Pfarrwerfen, Austria
1970 – Javier De La Hoya, Mexican-American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), born in Durango, Mexico
1983 – Braylon Edwards, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl and Second Team All Pro 2007; Cleveland Browns), born in Detroit, Michigan
1984 – David Odonkor, German footballer, born in Bünde, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2024
1784 – Adam Black, Scottish politician and publisher (A and C Black), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1874)
1791 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1857)
1835 – Allessandro d’Ancona, Italian philologist, born in Pisa (d. 1914)
1874 – Mary Garden, Scottish-American operatic soprano, 1900-34, and M-G-M talent scout, born in Aberdeen Scotland (d. 1967)
1891 – Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along – “I’m Just Wild About Harry”), born in Brenham, Texas (d. 1978)
1948 – A C Fabian, astronomer
1962 – Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
1964 – Rodney Rowland, American actor
1970 – Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1974 – Ophelie Winter, French actress
Famous Birthdays for 19th February 2024
1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer who theorized that planets revolve around the sun (Heliocentric theory), born in Toruń, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1543)
1552 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1751 – Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician and patriot during the Dutch Republic, born in Gorinchem (d. 1815)
1755 – Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1796-1801), born in Bergen op Zoom (d. 1801)
1893 – Cedric Hardwicke, British stage actor (Rope; Suspicion; Peter Pan; Richard III), born in Lye, Worcestershire, England (d. 1964)
1920 – Frances Bairstow, American educator and labor relations arbitrator, born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2013)
1960 – Andrew, Duke of York, British prince and 2nd son of Queen Elizabeth II, born at Buckingham Palace, London
1962 – John Laroche, American orchid poacher
1966 – William White, American NFL safety (KC Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons), born in Lima, Ohio
1978 – Immortal Technique [Felipe Coronel], American rapper, born in Lima, Peru